Unit 3Life in the futureBrief Statements Based on This UnitThe topic of this unit is about life in the future, which is full of imagination. The unit gives usvivid pictures about the first impression in 3005 AD. The four skills of reading, listening, speakingand writing all center on the topic, life in the f uture.This unit can be divided into six parts—warming up, reading, learning about language, usinglanguage, listening and speaking, summing up and learning tip.In Warming-up, students are expected to fill in a chart. Let the students compare differencesin life between in 1005AD and in 2005AD, and encourage them to imagine what will happen in3005AD.The purpose of designing this part is to prepare the students for the knowledge of life inthe future.In Pre-reading, two questions are presented. The first question is to ask the students to list allthe problem s we are facing. The other one is to get the students to discuss whether the problems[来源:]In Reading, the students are to read a letter named First Impressions. In the letter, Li Qiangtold his parents about how he traveled to the living space in 3005AD and what he saw there. Inreading, it is necessary for the teacher to get the students aware of the strategies for readingdescriptive articles. The purpose of designing this part is to develop the students’ reading ability, to get theIn Post-reading, three exercises are followed. The students are asked to discuss whichchanges are good, while others belong to disadvantages. The next one is to ask the students toAt the same time, the students are expected to showinfer the author’s attitude towards the future.The third exercise is to ask the students to imagine what they would like to visit if he/she were LiIn Learning about language, there are two parts. The first is about vocabulary, which is to askthe students to apply the words and phrases freely. The other exercises are about the grammar, that In Using language reading, speaking and writing, there is a passage titled I have seenamazing things. Teaching and learning activities can be focused on reading, speaking and writingwith the purpose of developing the students’In listening, the listening material is also about life in the future, which is about living inWonder world. By listening to it, arouse the students to imagine whether such a world is fit forliving in.In Speaking, the teacher mainly offers the students the chance to talk about the future andIn Writing, the students ar e expected to learn to describe a person in their imagination to getthe students not only to be familiar with description but also to form the good habit of imagining.In Summing up and Learning tips, let the students learn to sum up what they have masteredin this unit, including words, expressions, grammar and what to know about the future. Thepurpose of this is to get the students to know what they have learned and what need to be learnedin the future. Besides that, some advice is also given to the students on how to write down noteThe new words and expressions to be learned in this unit are: vehicle, carriage, private, settlement, impression, constant, constantly, previous, tablet, capsule, opening, surrounding, lack, ache, mask, bend, press, swift, master, sight, flash, optimistic, length, extraordinary, helmet, assist, agency, skip, require. take up, remind...of, lose sight of, catch sight of, speed up, assist in, space agency, as a result, suffer from, be similar to, be well-known for, as though, in no time, provide...with, fall fast asleep, search for, go soft, speak in whispers, mix with, wave about, shake1. It took me only a few minutes to master the idea and soon I could fly as fast as Wang Ping.2. I got lost when we reached what looked like a large market b ecause of the people flyingby in all directions.3.4. Wang Ping’smother appeared, flashed a switch on a computer screen, and a table and5. Worried about the journey, I was unsettled for the first few days.6.flashbacks from7.Period 1Period 2Period 3Period 4Period 5 GrammarPeriod 6Language FocusingPeriod 7AssessmentPeriod 1Welcome to the UnitThe General Idea of This PeriodThis is the first period of this unit. At the beginning of this per iod, the teacher can spend some time training the students to read new words and expressions. The purpose of this is to offersome new expressions to the students, which are helpful for the students to talk about the topic“life in the future” and to help the students pronounce them correctly.This unit is about life in the future, so the teacher can let the students brainstorm the words or phrases about future. In t heir minds, what will life in the future be like? The students are free tosay anything that they can imagine. They should be encouraged to be brave enough to speak outwhat they dream. This activity gives Ss a chance to express their imagination. At the same time, Later Ss are required to talk in groups of four about the following topic: Think about howmany changes there have been in the last one thousand years. Now think abou t what changes you might expect to find in the next one thousand years in the following aspects: transport, houses,After that, let some of Then ask students to draw a picture about the topic “my future family”．them show what they have designed in the picture. What’s more, the teacher can ask them whythey design it in this way and whether it is possible to realize their dream in the future. If theyApart from the above, the teacher can design a competition. Divide the class into four groups. Each group should work together to list the problems human beings are facing today. Then let them discuss whether what they have listed is reasonable or not. The group, which has listed the most problems, will be the best. Following that competition, the teacher will ask the students to consider what problems people in the future will have to overcome and which ones will still exist there or might be even worse in AD 3005 so as to lead in the text more coherently. The Ss are supposed to analyze the possibilities, and also show their reasons for such imagina tion.Finally, the teacher had better let the students consider this question “Do you want to live in AD 3005 or today?Teaching Important PointsHave the students discuss the changes that have taken place for almost one thousand yearsEncourUnderstand and learn the following words and expressions: vehicle, carriage, private, settlement, impression, take up, constant, remind, previous, tablet, capsule, surrounding, lack, mask, bend, press, swift, master, lose sight of, catch sight of, sweep, switch, optimistic, length, speed up, extraordinary,Teaching DifficultiesTeaching AidsCAI equipment with a multi-Three Dimensional Teaching AimsKnowledge AimsLearn about the changes that have happened for almost one thousand years and what will Try to understand and learn the following wordsmask, bend, press, swift, master, lose sight of, catch sight of, sweep, switch, optimistic, length, speed up, eAbility AimsEncourage the students to imagine what will happen in the future to cultivate the students forEmotional AimsEncourage the students to be brave enough to imagine what seems impossible today. Let them realize nothing is impossible and we can make the impossible possible. Having courage toTeaching ProcedureStep 1 GreetingStep 2 Word PuzzlesT: Open your books to Page 94. Let’s read the words and expressions together.(The students read those words and expressions together. Help them pronounce the new words and expressions correctly. Later give them some time to remember some. If some studentsare poor in pronunciation, the teacher should give them some more help.)[来源:T: Now, listen to me carefully. I will give you some explanations or situations for some wordsand phrases. When I tell you some meanings or situations, you’d better guess which words or phrases I refer to. Get ready for it. Let’s see who will be the first to find out the correct answers.T: When we go to some place, especially to a place far away from you, what do you need the most?S: VehicleT: Right.T: Something belongs to one particular person or group only, which is personal.[来源:数理化网]T: Excellent. Can you use it to make a sentence?T: What a beautiful sentence. Next one is coming before in time or order. Can you guess what T: Yes. Would you plWhat difficulty T: Good. I like the book very much, but I don’t have enough money on me.T: You are clever. I can’t buy the book becaT: Even if he is in lack of money to buy food to eat and to buy a house to live in, he is still confident and leads an active life. So we can say he is...T: Quite good. He has an optimistic view of eveStep 3 BrainstormingT: As we all know, no one can stop the wheel of history. Our society keeps advancing, sowhat will happen in the future? Sure you often dream of your beautiful life tomorrow. Now, I’d like to share with you what you have imagined about the future. You are free to show your different imaginations.S: People will not have to work, because all of work will be done by machine.S: People will go to space very easily.nowadays.S:Fields[来源:]What will the __________become in the future EnergyLanguageFarmFactoryS: In the future people will live in different places. As the population is exploding, moreS: In the future people wilS: In the future, people can eat anything. People won’t need to worry about the food problemin the world.S: In the future people can find many ways to deal with pollution, we can live in a better environment. People in the future will explore a new kind of energy, which will never be used up.Step 4 DiscussionT: Just now you offered me a good chance to vividly view a future world. It is full of imagination and wonders. Let’s wait together for it coming asap (as soon aspossible).Now let’s try to think about the many changes there have been in the last one thousand years. Then thinkabout what changes you might expect to find in the next one thousand years, especially considerthe following fields: transport, houses, villages, towns, location and settlement. I will break you upinto several groups. Each group is made up of four students. Discuss it in groups. In five minutes,(The teacher had better join in the discussion and give them some guidance when/whenever necessary. After the discussion, some students will come to summarize what the group has discussed.)[来源:AD1005: China AD2005: Modern World AD3005: Your ideasTransport By horse or by simplevehicle such as acarriage. By car, by bus, by train, byair, by motorbike, by bike,by maglev, by ship.By spaceship, orcapsule, by advancedvehicle to be invented.Houses Made of wood and mud:no bathrooms. Apartment, villa, Siheyuan Special houses withadvanced equipment,which can be movedto any place.Villages Many small house rounda temple and a pond. There are many buildingswith gardens, wide roads andlarge fields.Farmers needn’t go towork, and they willlive in a folded housewith everythingpeople puterwill do anything tohelp villagers.Towns Streets with markets,small shops and privatehouses. There are crowdedskyscrapers on both sides ofmain streets with malls andshopping centers.Streets will n ot ascrowded as now,because the entirevehicle can fly in thewhatever they needfor free.Location of On the earth; on land On the earth, on land On the moon, on thesettlement other planets; underthe sea.(In fact, there are no fixed answers to the question what the future will be like.Various answers are possible.)T: Now, let us have a competition about designing our future family. Four students make up a group to design it. Make a sketch together. After that, some of you will show what you have designed in the picture. Discuss it first and then draw it. You are allowed to finish it in six minutes.(The teacher can join in their designing or just give themT: Have you finished it? It’s time for you to show your pictures.Let’s see which group can offer us the most beautiful picture with the most wonderful imagination. What’s more, you will have to describe what you have drawn and why you design it in this way. In the end, you will predict whether it is possibl e to realize our dream in the future, and analyze why you have such view. The rule is that your group will be given one star when you finish one step. If your design is extremely excellent, you will be praised to get two stars. When you give us a vivid and imaginative description, which is also reasonable, you will also gain two stars for one step. Let’s(The teacher can arrange everyone to take part in this activity.one will describe it, one will tell us the purpose of designing it. The last one will tell us whether itT: You did an excellent job. If you want such dreams to come true, what should we do now?S: We should have enough courage to imagine what seems possible now, which may lead toSs: ...T: Just now you designed a beautiful dream. But as we know, each coin has two sides.We may meet with some problems in our daily life. Discuss what problems we are facing, and make alist of the problems human beings are facing today.(The teacher had better join in discussion. Then ask some students to come to write problemsT: Look at the blackboard, and predict which problems will be overcome in the future and(The teacher should encourage the students to use their heads to find out as many ways as poS: I think scientists will invent new medicine to deal with some incurable diseases.S: There will be no war and people will not experience social and economics unrest. In my opinion, people all over the world will lead a rich and happy life, because our world is being highly developed and all the people will be educated to be friendly and kind to others.Ss: ...T: I am proud of your outstanding imagination. Can you tell me which problems will still bethere or even worse in AD 3005?Why do you think so? You are expected to discuss in groups. If(The students should be given five minutes to discuss them. Later exchange the m with the S: I think pollution will still be a problem in the future, which will be even worse.S: The balance of nature will be destroyed worse and worse, because a large number of animals and plants are dying out day by day. As a consequence, human beings will be endangered.Ss: ...T: Good, you know. Everything has advantages and disadvantages. What should we do to make sure we will have a bright future?S: We should study hard and be a l ifeloT: Good. We should be lifelong learners and accept the change, appreciate what is new andStep 7 Sum upT: In this period, we have talked a lot about future. You are full of imagination and clever. In class, you are also active. So all of us bring me vivid pictures and let me preview what the futureis like. After class, write a passage about the future. You are free to write what you are interested in. The title is “Future in my eThe Design of the Writing on the BlackboardUnit 3Life in the futurePeriod 1Welcome to the UnitBrainstormingResearch and ActivitiesOne day, you are walking th rough a forest alone. Suddenly, you happen to meet a strange man who lives in AD 3005.At first sight, you find him kind and friendly, so you come to have atalk with him. You are talking about the way of life, transport, houses, villages, towns, locations of settlement, education, culture and customs. Now, imagine and writReference for TeachingThe fastest electric vehicleLast week an electric and speed vehicle designed by a Ohio State University’ｓundergraduate, set new US and International land speed records for electric vehicles—308 mph and 271 mphrespectively.HousingIn rural areas the floors of dwellings consist of pounded earth or concrete, or else of raisedwood floors, while wooden framing supports walls of woven bamboo matting, and the roofs are of dried palm fiber or tiles. In urban areas floors are of cement or tile, the framing of the dwellings isof teak, the walls are of brick and plaster, and the roofs of tile or shingle. Although most of the population is nonurban, the major housing problems are in the cities, where new arrivals crowdinto squalid slums. In their desire to escape the restraints of the traditional rural life and seek the opportunities of the cities, most immigrants find living conditions that are less attractive thanJakarta is the most modern city in Indonesia and also the one with the greatest problems. Itlacks a dependable supply of electricity, gas, and water, an adequate telephone system, a waste-disposal system, and adequate school and health facilities. There is a severe housing shortage, with the gap being filled by substandard, temporary housing that does not require building permits.Subsidized housing is provided largely by employers, including government ministries, for a limited number of key employees, although efforts by the government are beingmade to provide more low-cost housing to a wider group of people.Life in 2060make believe it is about sixty years from Let us suppose it is now about A.D.2060.Let’snow①Voyages to the moon are being made every day. It is as easy to take a holiday on the moon today as it was for the people in 1960 to take a holiday in Europe. At a number of scenic spots onthe moon, many hotels have been built. The hotels are air conditioned, naturally. In order that everyone can enjoy the beautiful scenery on the moon, every room has at least one picture window. Everything imaginable is provided for entertainment (娱乐What are people eating now? People are still eating food. They haven’t yet started to take on heir (继承) supply of energy directly as electrical current or as nuclear power. They may some day. But many foods now come in pill form, and the food that goes into the pill continues to come Since there are several times as many people i n the world today as there were a hundredThe deserts are irrigated with water and years ago, most of our planet’s surface has to be filled.crops are no longer destroyed by pests.Farming, of course, is very highly developed. Very few people have to work on the farm. It is possible to run the farm by just pushing a few buttons now and then②People are now largely vegetarians (素食者).You see, as the number of people increases, the number of animals decreases. Therefore, the people have to be vegetarians and we are healthierboth in our bodies and in our minds, and we know the causes and cure of disease and pain, and itis possible to get rid of diseases.Su注释..................① Let’s make believe it is about sixty years from now.让我们假设现在是大约60年以后。
